SEB (OTCMKTS:SEBYF) & Smith Douglas Homes (NYSE:SDHC) Critical Comparison

Smith Douglas Homes (NYSE:SDHC) and SEB (OTCMKTS:SEBYF) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Smith Douglas Homes and SEB”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Smith Douglas Homes	$971.12 million	0.65	$10.69 million	$0.72	17.25
SEB	N/A	N/A	N/A	C$3.49	15.43

Smith Douglas Homes has higher revenue and earnings than SEB. SEB is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smith Douglas Homes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

18.4% of SEB shares are owned by institutional investors. 84.2% of Smith Douglas Homes shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Smith Douglas Homes and SEB, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Smith Douglas Homes	2	7	1	0	1.90
SEB	0	0	0	0	0.00

Smith Douglas Homes presently has a consensus price target of $13.90, suggesting a potential upside of 11.92%. Given Smith Douglas Homes’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Smith Douglas Homes is more favorable than SEB.

Profitability

This table compares Smith Douglas Homes and SEB’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Smith Douglas Homes	0.64%	-0.19%	-0.14%
SEB	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Smith Douglas Homes beats SEB on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Smith Douglas Homes

Smith Douglas Homes Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, construction, and sale of single-family homes in the southeastern United States. It also provides closing, escrow, and title insurance services. The company sells its products to entry-level and empty-nest homebuyers. Smith Douglas Homes Corp. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Woodstock, Georgia.

About SEB

SEB SA designs, manufactures, and markets small domestic equipment worldwide. It offers kitchen electrics, such as deep fryers, rice cookers, electrical pressure cookers, informal meal appliances, waffle makers, grills, toasters, multicookers, filter and pod coffee makers, espresso machines, electrical kettles, home beer-taps, soy milk makers, blenders, cooking food processors, kitchen machines, mixers, and beaters. The company also provides home and personal care, which includes irons and steam generators, garment steamers, canister vacuum cleaners with or without dust bag, steam and upright vacuum cleaners, vacuum weepers, versatile vacuums, fans, heaters, air treatment appliances, hair care appliances, depilators, and bathroom scales. In addition, it offers cookware comprising frying pans, saucepans pots, pressure cookers, bakeware, kitchen utensils, food storage containers, carafes, flasks, thermo mugs, cutlery, and woks. Further, the company designs, produces, and markets crepe makers, waffle makers, planchas, and grills for professionals and consumers. The company provides its products under various consumer brands including Arno, Asia Vina, Calor, Clock, EMSA, imusa, Kaiser, Krupus, Maharaj Whiteline, MIRRO, Moulinex, OBH NORDICA, PANEX, Rochedo, Rowenta, Samurai, Seb, SUPOR, Tefal T-fal, umco, and WearEver brands. It offers products under premium brands, which includes All-Clad, Krampouz, Lagostina, Silit, WMF, and Forge Adour brands; and professional brands, such as HEPP, Schaerer, Wilbur Curtis, and Zummo brands. The company was founded in 1857 and is headquartered in Écully, France.